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22 _ TWIRD IN FAMILY -- > TO CELEBRATE THE _-- * GOLDEN WEDDING mt @ _ .'"At a meeting of the Ladies' Aid _ 'Jast Wednesday ofi:ers were elected x% _ /.. Mre. L. A. VnhDena:e and daughter, _ Mss Lillian were in Chicigo shoppi . : on Thorsday and Friday. 4 _ /* / Mirs, Lbuft away at her home B .iym'l% last Wodnndnuy' S Tor burial,. ffi'h survived by --._--, erhusb one son and one daughter. hss s e ml'nn been living at the lake It is given only now and then to families to have one of its members live long enough to celebrate a gol-- den . wedding ammiversary. . Accord-- u;Q:n is seldom that the privilege is sean whereby in one famuy three m" have lived to en,oy ana te their 50th anniversary such as is recorded now by a Celebra-- tion held at Antioch on Sunday. Mr.: and Mrs. Homer Stevens of Antioch Set Record tor Lake Co. in Sun. Event. About 50 relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stew ens of Antioch on Sunday to cele-- brate their goiden wedding anniver-- sary.: Mrs. Stevens is the sister of Mré, John Pillifant of W.ist Wash-- hflg street, Mrs. William (Wright of rth County street, Waukegan, and . Mrs. William _ Fulton, all of Waukegan. Mrs. Stevens is the third member of the Jenkinson fam-- ily to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. Thomas J4nkinson of Rockford, lowa, who d?éd not long ago, Mrs. William Fulton of Wau-- kegan ard Mrs. KHomer Stevens of Antioch are the members of the Jen kinson family who hbad the distine-- tion, of living loang enough to ob-- serve the half century event. ' 'Bhuél Whitsel of Slina, Penn., spent %ye-ku a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Radtke. ~Miss Virginia Radtke and Miss monm spent Suuday at the 3 ; home here. _ Rev. M. J. Mumford is spending this week at the Rock River conference at Walter Palmer was visiting in Chicago With relatives the past week. Ivah Radtke of Kenosha, spent the st week at the home of her paren' . and Mra. H. A. Radtke. o A would like to have a frea demon-- n of the Torrington Electric 'eaner. The Torrington Demonstrator is waiting to give you a compli-- mentary demonstration of this E cleaner. _ Simply tele-- ' . call or write and say : \ «824 No. Milwaukee Ave. ¥eisphone 89 -- 429 _ Libertyville DIETZ WILLYS LIGHT CO. A N T 1 0O C H o ':,L in ie hach se i ht 13004 1 im nc 24 $ [¥ AAbognaiaye smy omm h i | for the coming year which are . as' | follows: ~Mrs, Drucillia Ferris, presi-- idont.; Mrs. Clayton--Werts, Arst vuc" & | president; Mrs. Chas. Runyard, second |\ vice president; Mrs.. Wm. Runyard, | L vice president; Mrs.. Wm. Kunya secretary; Miss Elia Ames, treasurer Mr. and Mrs. Lealie Crandall returned home last week from their nor.te n Born to Mr. and Paul Ferris on Saturday a little daughter. Mr. and Mra. James Stearng motored to Wauconda, Sunday afternoon. wIll'i and Mrs. Donald §-mt o: : sukegan, w guests o Antioc relatives over ;36:1. | The Bunco club of Antioch motored to Gurnee on Wednesday and had their meeting at the bhome of Mrs. Wm, HKHook. o Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunt and family motoréd to Wauconda on Tuesday,. UMr. and Mrs. Fred L. Rerr of Evanston, were guests of Mr. --and Mis. John Woodhead on Saturday of last The Christensen housé on Main street recently pugchgeed by George Bartiett is recciving many improvements,. A sun parlor being added on the south. Friends of Dr. and Mrs. H. F. < who have been ela"oymg a three trip in the nor .r:snn ex & weather with fishing hunting good. They expect to return home this coming week. Mrs. Ruth VanPatten and mother were called t3 Canada last week by the serious illness of Mrs. VanPatten's California, to spend-- tue winter with their son, Wil isin, wh. is located there. Wim. Story und son, | Frank and Mr. and Mrs. Morr«: Sto'y have returned home from a m--tor tri» to Tomahawk, Mr. and Mrs, Wim. Cuddg.;en on Monday for 4p auto trip to SanDiego, James Horen has re igned his posi-- tion at the A1.tivch So-- lire depot and expects to leave the ficst of the week for Denve., Colo. ihe position has been filled by Frank Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. George Hoeft and family say the Indians at Deer Grove m.w 5%, -- £5.. ® 'Mise Velda Hooft and 'friend, Gust Bitner and Mr. and Mts. E. Nelson and Bob and Edward Miller visited at the Billinfs home Tuesday evening. _ E1A Drefahi and Lioyd Knigge motored to Deer® Grove Sm!:ly to ste the visited with the Mirecke family Sunday Irene Koffen is absent:from school because .of the death of her sister, Pearl, who passed away late Thursday eaused by falling from a swing in the extend their sympathy to the bereaved. h:m lw;hon.lof daughter, Mrs. days the past week. ~_G. A. Vasey and Yamily Sundayed at Gurnee with their daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Benwell. _ 4 6. * Misses Esther and Orpha Russell and Miss Rothrame!l attended Teacher's Institute at Libertyville, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huson and daugh-- ters were Bunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Jepson of Ringwood. Mrs. Fitch of Waukegan, and Miss Dot Dillon of Centerville, lowa, visited at C. Dillon's last week. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Cassidy left on Several from thil~community drove to Palatine to see the'Indians. & The Young Peoxe started their meet-- ings again Sunday evening and the next meeting will be Sunday evening, Oct. 14, Sunday school at 1:45 and church services 2:30 p. m. You are weleomne. -- Joe and Frank Tyzick of Chicago, Mrs: Mabel Benwell and Mr. and Mra. Joe Wagner and daughters are visiting relatives at Chetek, Wis. There will be a Harvest Home s r ot the Volo (M. E. church m There will be a Harvest Home s r ot the Volo (M. E. church I'L"x] evening, Oct. 19, given by the Ladies' Aid society. The committee in charge are; Misses Esther Russell, Emma Bacon and Mra Marshall Smith A :wlntMNtnvmtion is extended to this week, There was a lnmtundmeo at the id at Mre. L. V. 's last Thursday. %\o.. from a distance were: Mesdames '. "-.\l C. Parker, J, Shermar, eBride, H. Lusk and C. Kapple of Grayslake. Mrsa. George Vasey and children of Waukegan, visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. 'Wegner Mrs. Vincent Martin is fl;-\d this week with relatives at Mc onryif' Audacity, Not Cournge. As knowledge without justice onught to be talled cunning--rather than win dom, so a mind prepared to meet dan-- get If excited by its own eagerness and not the public good, deserves the name of audacity rather than courage. # % A % % #4% % % V O L 0O May wood, visited R. Vasey a few eA e Nooguig 4\ ddth 4 at I | Viector, -- Clarence -- Bchrock, are 'as r, "*«« OLDER RESIDENTS |ons. Roe Soos May Several Local Residents To-- day Recalled Fire Which Took Place in 1871. Old time residents of Libertyville Tuesday were exchanging reminiscenc es of the big Chicago fire which started 52 years ago today, There are acnumber of Waukegan men who :':lclll details of the fire quite viv-- y. t One Waukegan man tells of a visit to Chicago about the time the fire startid. _ Another local man tells oi having saved his dog from the flames, He and. his parents resided in Chicago at the time. _ _ ; J. N. Stupey, who dived at High-- ; land Park at the time, recalls the : fire very distinctly, and tells many ; intéristing details of the affair. °| « Other--men recalled incidents as fol-- , lows : s x . is R. J. DOUGLAS SR.--"L was in the nursery business at the time of the fire. The night before-- I loaded up with baskets of pears to sell in the city. "When I reached the place» 1 found it all afire. The flames forced us to halt on the prairie a short way from Deering, just across the north branch of the river. Entire families were there on the ground with small bundles of-- dunnage.. They had been forced out without half of their belongings. ; "The next day the Waukegan. fire department went down there. Frank Hoyt, the father .of Justice Harry. Hoyt, got a cinder in his eye that nearly cost him his sight.' ' ~+BROSE TRUESDALE--"The . fire started on a Sunday night. 1 lived on North County street then. The banks ofsmoke and the flames the nest day to see the fire, but one couldalmost see as much from Waukegan.' *' _ ; JOHN FAUBEL SR--"About all I remember of the Chicago fire was that 1 saved my coach dog by tying «#<rope around his neck and leading 'hlm up Clybourn avenue. I was sevy-- en -- vears "old" and the first night banks of smoke and. the flames covered the whole sky to the south, The city burned for many days. I didn't go down at the time, but one year from the date I made a trip to the, city. An old grain elevator was being excavated. 'The housing of bricks had made an oven for the vast stores of wheat and it was stiD en ~years ~old and the first ~night of the fire we slept under a rug at the west end of the North avenue bridge. The next day we stayed out on . Blackhawk avenue and (stayed there for several weeks. We lived in the third house from where 'the [flre stopped. 1 believe that hbhouse is still standing.' '<--<~ <-- _ as the water supply had become badly crippled." P . ATTY.~ C. T. HEYDECKER--"I went down to Chicago Monday morn-- ing, but didn't do much in the hero line. I spent the day watching: the progress of the flames.. There was little the--fre. departments could do Miss Clara Phelps of Cheqfi spent the week--end vithp'her sister, Mrs. N. L. Rice at the parsonage. Miss Bertha White of Chicago, is spending a week with her parents. -- Miss Mary Eichanger visited from Friday until Ionda' with Mr. and Mrs. George Gerrity at Mukwonago, -- Wis. Mrs. E. A. Martin entertained her two nephews, children of Mrs. Fred Achen of Kenosha, over the week--end. The Lake county Sunday school con-- vention will be held -- at Deéerflield, Oct. 18 and 18. . Miss Sarah Browe of Russell, wc&ant the week--end with Mrs. D. M.~ te. -- Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Denman and baby nccomHmod Mr. and Mra. E. E. Denman to Elgin, Sunday. The Millburn cemetery soociety held a meeting of the directors at the Kome of E. N. Cannon to plan to put crush stone on the drive ways of the Millburn cemetery. Any contributions thankly réceived by J. A. Thain, secretary. November, *' MADDEN SCHOOL * family were visiters at th Mre. Ly Gleason, Sunday. Last 8 morning as Mr. ZLeck mmlna.%lecormfick'. with a load of oats he had to cross the Desplaines river, he had a runaw2y near his his bome, his leg was burt. We received our report cards last Thursday and we were well pleased with our marks. Alex Skworkowakilet John Swarzic and Frank Radovich use his Ford to go :ollubonCocflh Waukegan, Mon-- ny. ° : C o Miss of lLake Lurich, visited onr.cboxd%m Tony Skworkowski went: to the mill Smrxun Prairie View to' have some wheat ground into flour. For letter writing last week the seventh grade wrote business letters; tho'ydvmm to the firm from which our school books are gotten. We are including this week two com-- positions written by members of grade seven. «+ The pupils 'that were perfect in attendance %mfiwm: ll-lq' Smyt Waiter John Haiama, John Epker, Edward Schreck, Frank The Ladies' Aid society are planning bazaar for the fifst Friday in Mr. and Mrs. James Guerin and mily were visiters at the home of Miss Kropp of Lake Zurich, visited OF CHICAGO FIRE MILLBU R N as Mr. Zeck Ostdick, Kose Mary ' 'o.th Bertha Victor and Marie Chas. Daiton--was going l..u morning to Schwandt's vhnlm :olunltufln'vhnl and he ran into the ditch. ortunately no one was burt. "First, the farmer has to cut his corn and when he"has enough corn they start to fill the sllo. Some men have to haul corn and one has to feed the corn to the silo filler. The corn goes through a pive and then into the silo, where men have to tramp it down, so that it will not spoil. In a month the silage goes down one--sixth. --'.'_ * & A WRECK I went with the milk Sunday morn-- ing and I broke one front wheel on my wagon. A boy from town whom I knew put my milk on his wagon and led h's horse behind. Then--we went home, took the cans off and:>~ got another wheel and wrench. . We could not get the nut loose which holds the wheel on the axle. ~A man stopped and tried, But could not. do it, so went away. 1. waited a few minutes and Felix Elfring came along and got the nut loose with a' chisel, ~We put on the--other wheel, 'but it would not fit, so we cut around it. with a chisel.. We put on the nut and the wheel would not turn. So we otok it off and put some grease Oon, and then it went well. And I was able to go home. Albert Wiliman of Hawkeye, lowa, was cthe guest of his brother> E. H. Wiliman, Saturday, leaving Sunday for Syracuse, New York, where he is at-- tending the Dairymen's Convention. .. ~~Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Easton, Donald and Mrs. A. J. Parsons motored to amhCpaign Saturday . and spent the week end with their daughter, Miss Virginia, who is a student at the Uni-- versity. r Miss Anna Sherman léeft Saturday for Milwaukee, where she will visit her brother, George Hook. § 2 lln.J.A.s'l"flotnveureportot the State P. T. A. convention at the Highland Park P.T. A. Thursday aft-- ernoon. > B Mrs. J. A. Reichelt, Jr., Mrs. R. B. Patterson and Mrs. Fred Hagglie at tended the P. T. A. at Highland Pati Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bowman and b)y spent last week with relatives> at Bloomington. ; Mr. and Mrs. Esmond and Mr. and Mrs. Manum of Chemung, IIL., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Pettis Bunday. . n 'Florian Savage and N. Bacon of Chi-- cago, arrived Saturday in a new Cana-- dian Curtis plane to spend the week end with Florian's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Savage. While here they ran--a sky taxi, making flights from ute Elmer Clavey farm, carrying pas-- sengers on any length trip they desir-- «ed. They have carried on an Air sery-- ice in a number of cities this summer, following the profession of commer-- C'al agroplane pilots. _' f Mrs. Ulysses Jeffs of-- Rockland, Mick., and Mrs. Robert Black, of Chi-- cago, were the guests of Mrs. P. 8. Scully Saturday. Psn ----The Young Matrons' Club was enter-- tained by Mrs. Ray Clavey Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Bruce Blaine will be the next hostess. h ~ Warren Pettis returfl:g Tuesday from a trip to San,Franc , where he visited Gus Lange. y[,40 "xz _C. V. Steiner spent last week visiting relatives in Grinnell, Ilowa. _ _ / Mrs. Willia mCarr has returned from a visit with relatives in Winnipeg, Canada. * P i Mrs. J. E. Knickerbocker entertained Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. George Cost, Mrs. Ralph Knickerbocker, of Chicago and Mrs. Mabel Pessle of Coldwater, Michigan. O * Mr .and Mrs. J. A. Reichelt, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pettis and Jean were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Re'chelt, Sr., of Wilmette, Sunday. _ ~ Ray Gunkel and Vernon Gunkel have bought the confect'onery store of E. Weiss, on Waukegan Road. _ _ Mrs. Sarah Savage and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reichelt, Jr., attended the W. C. T. U. convention at Waukegan Thurs-- day, where Mrs. Savage gave a report of the work done here. o y Mrs. D. Kinder entertained the W. M. 8. of the United Evangelical church Tuesday afternoon. ~ Herbert Roll, who has been in the air service at Rantoul, has been trans-- ferred to the Panama Canal zone. _ A special miss'on service will be held at St. Pau)'s Evangelical church Sunday evening, October 14th. The RevJohn C. Volks, of Palat.ne. will preach the sermon. On Sunday October 2ist, the mem-- bers of St. Paul's Evangelical church will hold their congergational and Sunday School rally day program. Every member, man ,woman and child, is expect¢d to be present. *' Mr. and Mrs. W. Hellman and chil-- dren of Waukegan were guests of Mrs. Julia Peterson Sunday. £ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Osterman and four children and Mr. and Mrs. Martin and son of Oak Park, and Mr. and Mra. James Hill of Chicago were guests 'of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wiliman Sunday. Mis sEleanor Meyer was the guest of Mss Jeanette Miller at Austin over hteo week end. O C. W. Peterson (Dubby) was riding his bicycle on Deerflecld avenuge SBat-- urday, when he was run into by a vase-- ing car from Highwood. Bystanders gave the entire blame to the driver of the car, who was not.in a condition to be driving. Buddy is not seriously hurt and_no bones are broken. _ --~ _ .. _ _ Thé E. L C. E. of t:o Evangeltoal church will give a 'on h:d social on Friday evening, Oct. B, to which everybody is invited to come and mL. basket. -- Place to be anm nounced later. ._P8, J. Long and two sons of Kear-- ney, Nebraska, who are here apending a month at the home of Mrs. Long's slster, Mrs. E. C. Anderson, loft Friday for Mitwaukee Wis., for a tew days' vislt with relatives They were ac-- companied by Mrs. Anderson, who re-- turned the same evening. DEERFIEL D SILO -- FILLING 1LLINOIS VETS-- _ TO GET BONUS PAY Springfield, Il1.,;--Oct. 5.--Estgblish-- ing a precedent among alHl states, Illinois will ~Issue soidier bonus bonds in payment of 57.800 bonus claims after the next allotment o° $15,000,000 worth of bonds is sold, October 16, Adjt. Gen.~ Bigck an-- nounced today. The $15,000,000/ bonds will be of: fered at 4 3--4 per cent,; an increase from the 4 1--2 m cent which faited OSA ~A REAL BUYER'S OPPORTUNITY Chassis f RungbOut Regular § Touring Regular -- _ 1 Ton Truck Chassis Sedan 4 Door FLAHERTY & KENNEDY Lake County Holstein--Friesian Breeders' Association _ Telephones: CRYSTAL LAKE 18 This Is Your Chance To Buy Healthy Cattle At Your Own Price _ October 19, 1923 In the History of the Ford Motor Co. New Prices Effective Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1923 ALL PRICES F. 0. B. DETROIT PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR REASONABLY At The Fair Grounds, Libertyville, At 10:00 A. M. LOWEST (F. 0. B. DETROIT) Authorized Ford Dealers LIBERTYVILLE and CRYSTAL LAKE proved 007. ot paid . That leaves claims totaling 4§9,: 203,007 ready to be paid as soon as the money becomes available. to get a bidder at the last three auc-- j . When Sending Registered Mail. -- _ It may save a lot of trouble andg moner if yonu write on the hack of each reegipt for registered mail some little note that will recall--the pmekage, the recipient an# the valne placed upon it Announcing *WB far the lilinois board has ap claims aggregating $19.203,-- which $10,000,000 have been | JUDGE REYNOLDS / SEATED ON BENCH Rockford October 3rd. Jndg Edward D. Shurtieff introduced ms. . --~ Mt. Reynolds is the representative re-- cently elected in the 17th judicial for the Winabago district. Banked in long lines of floral trib utes Judge Earl D. Reynolds took his seat in the circulit courtroom at \ THE LIBERTYVILLE INDEPEN-- DENT is the best paper in the county. LIBERTYVILLE ILL., 32 $230 265 295 310 525